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Morning fire chars house on Crest Drive A fire that started around 12:30 this morning completely charred the east side of a house at 1019 Crest Drive in Creston.

The house is owned by Doug and Sheryl Pearson.

Todd Jackson, fire chief in Creston, said the fire started near a wood-burning fireplace in the Pearsons’ added-on family room.

The fire then traveled through the ceiling to the rest of the house, including significant damage to their kitchen.

No injuries are being reported at this time. Damage to the house is estimated at $80,000.

Creston firefighters were on scene for four hours this morning at the residence.

Jackson said Afton Fire Department provided mutual aid.

The fire was limited to the

house and did not damage any surrounding houses or buildings.

This is the first major structure fire in Creston since June when a fire completely destroyed a two-car garage on Stone Street on Father’s Day. That fire caused more than $85,000 in damage.

IN THE PHOTO: A fire this morning charred the east side of this house at 1019 Crest Drive in Creston. The house is owned by Doug and Sheryl Pearson. Firefighters were on scene for four hours. (CNA photo by KYLE WILSON)

Day in the Life with tattoo Habitat for artist Amanda Ibbotson Humanity seeks eligible applicants

By BAILEY POOLMAN CNA staff reporter

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For some, the buzzing sound of a tattoo machine brings goosebumps. For others, it brings a rush of excited adrenaline.

Amanda Ibbotson of Afton is the one to bring that emotion forward.

Ibbotson, 31, is one of three tattoo artists at Self Xpressions Tattoo Studio, located at 208 E. Montgomery St. She has been tattooing there for two years.

“It’s one of the coolest jobs you can have,” Ibbotson said. “Every day, people are happy to see you.”

Ibbotson, who is certified in first aid and blood-born pathogens, begins her day at noon, when she opens the shop, cranks up the tunes and waits for her clients to arrive. Once they appear, paperwork is filled out and she discusses with them their ideas for ink.

The next step is to prepare the client by shaving the area if needed, then cleaning the skin with alcohol before transferring the stencil to the skin.

A tattoo is ink injected by a needle into the dermis, or the second layer, of the skin, where it remains permanently. Because of this, the process can be bloody. Ibbotson takes care to sterilize her work station after every client, and before each client’s inking begins, she covers all touchable surfaces with a plastic wrap film to prevent contamination.

Then, the real work begins.

Ibbotson mixes pigments for the tattoo, chooses a needle and begins work on the tattoo. The process can last anywhere from 15 minutes to six hours. Once the tattoo is finished, Ibbotson cleans the skin and goes over aftercare with the client. Then, she cleans every surface and disposes of the used needles properly.

Sometimes, Ibbotson will

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Amanda Ibbotson is one of three tattoo artists at Self Xpressions Tattoo Studio on East Montgomery Street. Ibbotson, who has been tattooing since 2014, enjoys getting to know people while she works on their art.

have seven or eight clients a day, while other times she may only have one or two.

On “flash days,” when tattoos are at a set price on a set day only, she may have up to 35 clients.

Inspiration From an early age, Ibbotson has been surrounded by the permanent art form.

“My dad got a tattoo when I was younger. Just one,” Ibbotson said. “And, he used to get tattoo magazines, so I always liked looking through the tattoo magazines and would try to redraw the tattoos.”

As a high school student at East Union High School in Afton, she took as many art classes as she could, even undergoing an independent art study, before graduation.

She eventually started working as an assistant at Self Xpressions in 2012, and two years later, she was offered her own tattooing career.

“It’s nerve-racking in the beginning,” Ibbotson said.

“It’s something permanent.

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Amanda Ibbotson inks in an infinity sign as one side of a red heart on the wrist of Susie Scherer of Creston Friday at Self Xpressions Tattoo Studio.

An inky blue snow leopard is tattoo artist Amanda Ibbotson’s favorite piece she’s tattooed. The leopard, inspired by art by Abby Diamond, is in a watercolor style.

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Low-income families could save thousands of dollars by moving into a Habitat for Humanity house rather than purchasing a home on their own.

“They would save a huge amount of money, maybe $30,000 to $40,000,” said Nancy James, family selection and support for Habitat for Humanity of Union County. “Technically, the labor is free. There’s no interest on that.”

Plus, a house may be purchased using a 20-year loan at zero percent interest.

While a family has been selected for the seventh house, located at 310 S. Walnut St. in Creston, Habitat staff are currently seeking applicants for the eighth house.

As with houses in the past, the family chosen will be able to provide input for the floor p l a n , Westman and the house will be furnished with appliances.

Charlie Westman, president of Habitat for Humanity in Union County, said he would like to see more applications from families who meet Habitat criteria.

“We don’t really get a lot of applicants,” James said. “You’d think people would be pounding down the doors. I would love to have more applications and have to work harder at

“We don’t really get a lot of applications.

You’d think people would be pounding down the doors.”

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finding families.”

Eligibility To apply for a Habitat house, a family must meet a number of criteria.

The first criterion to consider is whether the income guidelines are met, which depends on family size. In general, a family must have a total household income at or below 60 percent of the median income level of Union County.

The most common family size that applies for a Habitat home is a family of three. A family of three at or below 60 percent of the median income level would be $46,574. But if it were a larger family, that amount would increase.

“If you look at our town, $46,000 is a pretty healthy income, but a lot of our people have a lot less income, in the $23,000 to $27,000 bracket,” James said. “If the houses get more expensive due to the cost of materials, we try to (find a family) closer to $46,000. It doesn’t have to be quite that high but anywhere in that bracket, so they can pay for it.”

Other criteria include: • Being legal U.S. residents.

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Dale Blazek Creston

Dale Blazek, 84, of Creston died Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016, at Creston Specialty Care in Creston.

Celebra- Blazek tion of life services will be 10:30 a.m.

Saturday, Feb. 20, at Cromwell United Church of Christ in Cromwell. The Rev. Dan Moore and the Rev. Todd Daily will officiate. Burial will be in Maple Hill Cemetery in Cromwell. Open visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 19, at Powers Funeral Home, junction of highways 34 and 25, in Creston, with family present from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorials are to Cromwell United Church of Christ. Online condolences may be left at www.powersfh.com.

Dale Dean Blazek, son of George Arthur Blazek and Esther Rose (Vicker), was born Sept. 9, 1931, in rural Cromwell in Adams County.

He grew up in the Cromwell area and graduated from Cromwell High School in 1949.

Loretta Dillinger Thayer

Loretta Dillinger, 37, of Thayer, formerly of the Creston area, died Sept. 22, 2015, in rural Union County.

Dillinger M e morial services will be held 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 19, at Powers Funeral Home, junction of highways 34 and 25, in Creston. The Rev. Tim Haynie will officiate. Burial will be in Lorimor Cemetery at a later date. Family will receive friends from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 19, at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the family. Online condolences may be left at www. powersfh.com.

Loretta Lynn (Lawrence) Dillinger, daughter of Loretta Lorraine (Purscell) and Larry Wayne Post, was born March 30, 1978, in Creston.

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On Nov. 25, 1950, Dale married Leota Mae “Tootie” James in Cromwell Church.

They settled on a farm in Adams County. They moved to Creston in 1957. In 1966, Blazek Trenching was established and Dale was co-owner/operator with his wife. Dale was a member of Cromwell United Church of Christ, Eagles Lodge No. 1398 of Creston and Old Thyme Powers Club.

Dale is survived by his son Kevin (Marcy) Blazek of Greenfield; daughter Sue (Jim) KinKennon of Papillion, Nebraska; grandchildren, Sara (Travis) Thomsen of Sidney, Nebraska; Chad (Amy) KinKennon of O’Neill, Nebraska; Kenneth Blazek of Greenfield and Joel Blazek of Greenfield; great-grandchildren, Brayden and Brylee Thomsen of Sidney, Nebraska, and William KinKennon of O’Neill, Nebraska; sister Betty (Bill) Chapman of Creston and sisters-in-law, Daisy Blazek of Paullina and Helen Blazek of Osceola.

He was preceded in death by his parents, George and Esther Blazek; his wife Leota “Tootie” in 2014; brothers, Roy, Harold and Gene Blazek and sister Martha Blazek. ton. She held a variety of jobs over the years. She had worked as a certified nursing assistant for Nurses on Call and nursing homes in the area.

Loretta is survived by her father Larry (January) Post of Winterset; children, Brandon Lawrence (girlfriend Mandee Barnes) of Creston, Dylan Lawrence of Sidney, Justin, Jeremiah and Natausha Dillinger of Essex; stepfather Frederick Lee Solt of Lorimor; grandchildren, Torri Lawrence of Creston and Catalayla Buchanan of Clearfield; siblings, Bob (Jennifer) Post of Rushville, Missouri, Alvin Post of Ankeny, Donny Post of Osceola, Mike Post of Des Moines, Jerry Lawrence of Creston, January (Michael) Johnson of Arkansas, Melvina (Tim) Burton of Maloy, Larry Gene (Holly) Shepherd of Winterset and Jodie Clapsaddle of Des Moines; along with nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Loretta was preceded in death by her mother Loretta Scott and daughter Audrey Dillinger.

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depth or you need to do this.

It’s really something you learn over a matter of time.”

After about seven months, Ibbotson gained her confidence. Her work at lines was improving and she was able to ink solid color onto skin.

Eventually, she was able to do small details and other tattoo techniques.

Unique pieces Ibbotson has done many standard pieces based on photos from Pinterest, as well as unique pieces.

“I think everything of hers (Amanda’s) is really clean,” said Craig “Knappy” Fogle, another tattoo artist at Self Xpressions. “She’s really OCD about things, so everything is really tight.”

The most unique tattoo Ibbotson did was a geometric design to cover up a swastika.

The geometric design had a number of lines and faded into a dark color in the center to

hide the black swastika tattoo.

Another unique tattoo that turned into Ibbotson’s favorite piece is of a blue snow leopard based on a design by artist Abby Diamond.

“My favorite was a blue snow leopard. I’ve done several of her (Diamond’s) watercolors as tattoos and it’s beautiful,” Ibbotson said.

“I did it for a donation for a fundraiser for a family that was trying to adopt.”

The watercolor style is a challenging technique for Ibbotson because of the length of time the client is sitting.

“I won’t break them up into sessions, so you’re going to be sitting there for four to six hours on a watercolor tattoo. I love doing them. I love the challenge, but it’s a lot of prep,” Ibbotson said.

“There are those that it’s just about the art. They enjoy a subject and matter and it’s their taste and style.”

Ibbotson, who is married with one child, is available to tattoo from noon to 10 p.m.

Tuesday through Saturday.

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• Providing verification of income level.

• Having a stable work history.

• Having the ability to repay a mortgage.

• Sustaining a bank account.

• Having a need for safe, affordable housing.

• Agreeing to a criminal background check.

• No household members on the sex offender registry.

Future owners of a Habitat house will be expected to: • Invest a minimum of 200 hours of sweat equity, or manual labor, either on their home or other Habitat projects. (The work doesn’t have to be done entirely by the owners. Friends, family and other volunteers’ hours are counted toward sweat equity. There are also exceptions for people with physical disabilities.)

• Make an affordable down-payment.

• Attend a required homeowner’s class.

• Make monthly mortgage payments in a timely manner.

Previous houses The six Habitat houses built in Union County, in order of completion, are at 502 N. Vine St., 402 N. Cherry St., 301 N. Division St., 801 W. Jefferson St., 600 W.

“We’re always looking for a family with the most need, and we even would be looking for a family for a year from now.”

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The seventh Habitat for Humanity of Union County house, located at 310 S. Walnut St. in Creston, is under construction and scheduled to be complete in the fall. Habitat staff are seeking applicants for the eighth house and future housing projects.

Montgomery St. and 622 N. Birch St. The seventh house, at 310 S. Walnut St., is still under construction. A mother, daughter and son have been chosen to move into the three-bedroom, two-bathroom home, which will likely be finished in November.

“The nice thing is once we have a family, they get to help choose the floor plan,” James said. “There’s not a lot of choices for the floor plan, but there are adaptations once you get the outside walls built.

It depends if they have a need for two or three bedrooms.”

“But, Habitat requires us to have either citizens or legal residents, and three of our applications have been from people with temporary work permits,” Westman said. “We don’t feel that’s what we consider a legal resident. They are here legally, but if they’ve only got one or two years, we don’t want to give them a 20-year mortgage.”

While Westman said four is a good number of applications, it is a unique situation that three of the four don’t fit Habitat criteria.

“We’re always looking for a family with the most need, and we even would be looking for a family for a year from now,” Westman said.

The eighth house “If we had two good ones, While the lot hasn’t offiwe would select both, but cially been selected, Westone would have to wait until man thinks the eighth house it’s their turn.” will be at 908 W. Adair St. Benefits of Habitat He hopes to begin building houses it in June.

“We always try to find a The biggest perk of a family and then tailor the Habitat house is that the house to fit the family, so we family moving in will own it. (first) need to find a partner “They have a house of family,” Westman said. their own they can manage So far, Westman said as they want to,” James said. four applications have been “Nobody comes in to inspect turned in for the eighth it. It’s yours, as long as you make the mortgage payhouse.

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Schedule of driver’s license examiners: Bedford: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., treasurer’s office, Taylor County Courthouse, 407 Jefferson St. Corning: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., treasurer’s office, Adams County Courthouse.

Driving tests on Wednesday mornings by appointment.

Creston: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., treasurer’s office, Union County Courthouse, 300 N. Pine St. Driving tests Wednesdays. Call 782-1710 for an appointment.

Greenfield: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., treasurer’s office, Adair County Courthouse, 400 Public Square.

Mount Ayr: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., treasurer’s office, Ringgold County Courthouse, 109 W. Madison St. Osceola: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., treasurer’s office, Clarke County Courthouse, 100 S. Main St. Winterset: Monday through Friday, 8:15 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., Madison County Courthouse, 112 N. John Wayne Drive.

Wednesday

Holy Spirit Rectory ReRun Shop, noon to 5 p.m., 308 W. Union St. Friends Helping Friends Bereavement Support Group, 3 to 5 p.m., Homestead Assisted Living private dining room, 1709 W. Prairie St. Spotlight group routines, 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., halftime of SWCC basketball games inside Spartan gymnasium.

Women’s Narcotics Anonymous (NA), 6 p.m. open meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St. Southwest Iowa Dancers Jam Session, 6 to 9 p.m., Chicken

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Union County Conference Board, 5:15 p.m. Thursday, Union County Courthouse boardroom.

Agenda includes: Hold public hearing on Assessor’s budget for fiscal year 2016-17; set Assessors salary; set Deputy Assessors salary; set Assistant Assessors salary; adopt Assessor’s budget for fiscal year 2016-17; old business Vanguard appraisals - revaluation of commercial, industrial, dual and multi-residential classifications – start 2019, finish Jan. 1, 2020, examining board appointment - Supervisors; new business.

Police

Debra Ellen Feldhacker, 59, 408 S. Vine St., was charged on two Union County warrants for possession of paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance 1:39 p.m. Tuesday at Union County Law Enforcement Center.

According to a Creston Police report, at 2:15 p.m.

Feb. 9, officers conducted a search of Feldhacker’s residence. Officers located several people inside the home. Feldhacker was in the residence as well. When offi-

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Thursday

Free cholesterol screenings, 7 to 10 a.m., Ringgold County Hospital lobby, Mount Ayr. Parkinson’s Disease Support Group, 10 a.m., D.V. Richardson Conference Room at Greater Regional Medical Center. Call Myra at 641-782-7521 for more information.

Super 8 Club, 1 p.m., Regency Park.

Celebrate Recovery (a Christcentered 12-step program), 6 p.m., Crest Baptist Church, 1211 N. Poplar St. Southwest dance jam and pot luck, 6 to 9 p.m., Villisca Community Center.

Gambler’s Anonymous, 7 p.m., Assembly of God Church, 801 N. Fillmore St., Osceola.

Al-Anon, 7:30 p.m., Crossroads Mental Health Center, 1003 Cottonwood Road.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) open meeting, 7:30 p.m., St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St.

Friday

Free cholesterol screenings, 7 to 10 a.m., Ringgold County Hospital lobby, Mount Ayr. Holy Spirit Rectory ReRun Shop, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 308 W. Union St. Southern Prairie YMCA 55 Plus, 11:30 a.m. potluck, Southern Prairie YMCA. CW Club, noon, congregate meal site, restored Creston Depot.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) brown baggers, noon open meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St. No smoking.

Ladies Literary Circle, 1:30 p.m., hosted by Vera Fengler.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 12 by 12 study, 7 to 8 p.m., United Church of Christ, 501 W. Montgomery St. Use east door.

Union Squares, 7:30 p.m., Creston First United Methodist Church. Call Bob Cooper at 7824403 for more information.

cers searched her bedroom, they located a small bag of a green leafy substance believed to be marijuana. Also found was a pipe commonly used to smoke marijuana.

Feldhacker was released on $1,000 bond.

—————— Alicia Ellen Lovell, 32, 408 S. Vine St., was charged on two Union County warrants for possession of paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance 2 p.m.

Tuesday at Union County Law Enforcement Center.

According to a Creston Police report, at 2:15 p.m.

Feb. 9, officers conducted a search warrant at Lovell’s residence. Officers located several people inside the home. Lovell was in the residence as well. When officers searched her bedroom they located several small baggies with a white crystal substance inside them. Also located were several used glass pipes commonly used to smoke methamphetamine.

Lovell was released on $1,000 bond.

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Medical, 7:56 a.m., Tues“This is designed to day, South Sumner Avenue.

the busy schedules of young and beginning producers and involves a shorter time commitment than IBC’s Greenhorn Grazing or Certified Grazier programs,” Sellers said. “Each location has its own schedule of three evening discussions and pasture walks.”

The series is sponsored by the ISU Extension and Outreach and the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and sessions will be led by local ISU extension beef program specialists with assistance from other producers and volunteers. Local sponsors in Corning include the Southern Iowa Forage and Livestock Committee and the Adams County Cattlemen’s Association.

“There is no fee to attend, but we strongly encourage pre-registration to plan for the meal and ensure adequate materials for everyone,” Sellers said.

“Please register by Feb. 19.”

For more information, contact Sellers by email at sellers@iastate.edu or call 641-203-1270, Chris Clark at caclark@iastate. edu or 712-250-0070, Brian Peterson at 641-322-3228 or Chris Nelson at Adams County Extension Office or 641-322-3184.

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Creston News Advertiser | Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Trump runs free Donald Trump’s crushing across-the-board victory in New Hampshire had the breadth and depth that one would expect of a future nominee. If the result doesn’t shake the lazy complacency about Trump that has held in Republican circles for months — and was reinforced by his disappointing Iowa finish — nothing will.

The question is no longer whether Trump will fade. It’s whether he can be stopped and who is actually going to do it and on what terms.

Trump has many unusual characteristics for a Republican front-runner. Among the weirdest is that with the exception of the furious last few weeks before Iowa — when the faux Ted Cruz-Donald Trump bromance finally ended — he hasn’t been subjected to sustained attack. Yes, the Lindsey Grahams and Jeb Bushes of the world have been yapping at him, but there hasn’t been a concerted

King Features commentary Rich Lowry

effort to blunt his appeal.

It’s possible that New Hampshire is being over-read. The state can have idiosyncratic tastes. It gave its nod to Pat Buchanan in 1996 and to John McCain in 2000, in a victory over George W. Bush as crushing as Trump’s Tuesday night.

Buchanan was done in by his own limits as a candidate. Trump is a more potent performer, and is running at a moment when the Republican electorate is dry tinder for a cleansing populist fire. McCain, on the other hand, was dismantled piece by piece in South Carolina in a ferocious counterassault by the Bush machine.

Will there be such a campaign against Trump? So far the oppos-

ing candidates have been too consumed with (understandable) tactical considerations to turn on him in a serious way.

Marco Rubio was rooting for Trump to win Iowa to damage Cruz, and never got close enough to Trump in New Hampshire to shoot at him. Cruz hit Trump in Iowa and in the immediate aftermath, when Trump accused him of stealing the caucus, but ducked and covered in New Hampshire, where he wanted Trump to win to damage Rubio (it turned out it wasn’t necessary).

Jeb Bush has been the most consistently anti-Trump candidate. He has also, as an earnest representative of a political dynasty, been the perfect foil for him and routinely complains that Trump is divisive, not exactly a cutting critique for Trump-friendly voters.

As for the Republican establishment, it exists, but is a shell compared to the overwrought image of

it as an all-powerful force. It is fractured, confused and pusillanimous (Trump would use a more pungent phrase).

It is, in part, frozen by the Bob Dole-Jimmy Carter consensus that Cruz is a dangerous, overly rigid ideologue in the field. In this view, there are few things as distasteful as someone who firmly believes in ideas. So nothing can be done to harm the unapologetic demagogue, lest it indirectly help Cruz.

The logic goes: Wait a while longer. Maybe Trump can kill Cruz in South Carolina. And then Bush, Rubio or possibly John Kasich can sweep in and pick up the pieces.

This was the idea prior to Iowa as well, and if it had worked out — if Cruz hadn’t pulled off an upset victory — Trump would have an even more formidable head of steam right now.

Everyone imagines that he’ll win in a matchup with Trump. Cruz wants a two-way race with Trump.

Bush and Rubio want to get in a three-way race with Cruz and Trump. But there’s no guarantee that Trump won’t get stronger.

The “rules” of politics may have been partly suspended as Trump taps into an abiding disgust with politics-as-usual. But some rules still apply: Momentum matters.

Victories are validating. If Trump continues to run free, he gets harder to stop, not easier.

At least the interval between New Hampshire and South Carolina should resemble the final push in Iowa, with Cruz engaged in trench warfare with Trump. And so the task of foiling a hostile takeover of the GOP will, once again, fall to the man that the party’s mandarins disdain most.

Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com (c) 2016 by King Features Syndicate

Letter to the editor

Warning - clear the snow off your sidewalks From Bernard G. Stamper, Sr. Creston

To my fellow residents of the city of Creston: If any of you may doubt that the city ordinance regarding the snow removal from your sidewalks is not being enforced, let me assure you that it is “alive and well.”

On Jan. 9, I received a letter from the city of Creston informing me the city had removed the snow from my property. The fee was $75 and a surcharge of $100 for a total of $175. The sidewalk is on a very narrow lot of 35 feet frontage. This would work out to about $5 per foot.

I had noticed a number of walks in the area had not been cleaned. I checked for about a five block radius from my property and I found over 45 walks, many of them corner lots in the area, that had not been cleared of snow.

I checked with the city office to find out why some were cleaned and some were not. I was told that they only do this if there is a complaint. The police department will put a warning notice on the property, and if the walks are not cleared off, the city can proceed to have the walk cleared of snow.

It is very possible that a notice was posted on the property, but since this is a former rental property which I don’t check on a daily basis, it is possible the notice may have fell off. I am currently in the

process of selling the property.

I am not complaining since I was negligent in not having my snow removal person clear the walk. It is the law and should be enforced.

I will admit, however, that the charge for clearing the walk and the surcharge seem a little excessive and I can’t see why there is a surcharge. It would seem that a 150- by 60-foot corner lot would take more time and cost more than a 40- or 50-foot lot not on a corner.

I have Kevin DeBoer clear my residence at 1103 Higbee and our studio at 811 W. Howard St., as well as our former residence at 1100 W. Jefferson. Kevin and his crew do an outstanding job of keeping the walks clear and I have added the other property to the ones he takes care of.

I am hoping that this letter will alert others and especially senior citizens like myself (age 87) that can’t clear their walks and have to depend on others to do it for them, that it can be very costly for them.

For some on a fixed income, it could mean not paying the heating bill or for food or medication.

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2016

President Obama gave a speech to the Illinois legislature HOLLYWOOD — God Bless America, and how’s everybody?

The L.A. Marathon was run from downtown to Santa Monica Sunday. A cheering spectator fell out of his third story apartment window and landed safely on lawn bags filled with leaves. Minutes later, a Kenyan fell out of the same window and beat his time to the ground by four-tenths of a second.

Kanye West admitted in a tweet Saturday that he is now fifty-three million dollars in personal debt. It attracted the headlines he wanted.

Apparently Kanye and his wife Kim Kardashian are branching out and starring in new reality TV show called Keeping Up with the Federal Government.

Presidents Day was celebrated at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate Monday. There was a parade of colonial soldiers and speeches by historians. George Washington is my favorite president because he’s the only one who didn’t blame all his problems on the previous administration.

President Obama spent the Presidents Day holiday in Rancho Mirage playing golf at El Dorado Country Club. The holiday honors all presidents. You’d think instead of calling the holiday Presidents Day that with all the mattress sales they would name it after Bill Clinton or Jack Kennedy.

Oklahoma seismologists recorded the state’s third biggest earthquake in history Friday that hit five on the Richter scale in western Oklahoma. It’s part of a mass counter-migration. California is

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so over-taxed, over-regulated and over-populated even our earthquakes are moving back to Oklahoma.

President Obama gave a speech to the Illinois legislature in Springfield last week and scolded lawmakers for the state’s crime rate. It starts at the top. Illinois is the only state in America where the current governor rides around in a town car bearing license plates made by the previous governor.

National Security Chief Jim Clapper said ISIS is planning an attack inside the U.S. The FBI is looking for a Mideast man who firebombed churches and businesses overseas, then illegally crossed the border into the U.S. dressed like a woman. The president wants to nominate him to the Supreme Court.

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead at a Texas ranch with a pillow over his head just before a big Supreme Court vote on the power of unions to coerce membership. Reaction was self-explanatory. Where Democrats see Obama’s first miracle, Republicans see a Colombo episode.

Justice Antonin Scalia’s death set off a firestorm after he was found dead with a pillow over his head. People sleep that way in Los

Angeles for protection. You’d be surprised how many people get killed during an earthquake in L.A. when their Oscar falls off the headboard and hits them in the head.

Pope Francis met millions of poor people in Mexico City Monday and impoverished Indians in western Mexico. Next the pope will minister to Juarez, the poor drug cartel-ravaged U.S. border city.

This is what happens when you book your spring break through the White House Travel office.

The U.S. Senate voted to renew economic sanctions on North Korea for last week’s long-range missile launch. They have missiles that can reach L.A. now. However, once their missiles arrive in Los Angeles, they’ve got to get head shots and an agent or they’re not going anyplace in this town.

George W. Bush arrived in South Carolina Monday to begin giving campaign speeches for his brother Jeb’s candidacy. He’s unforgettable on the stump. To me, George W. Bush will always be standing in the middle of hurricane damage in New Orleans, declaring that we’ll get whoever did this.

Burma entymologists discovered a spider on Wednesday that has fossilized with its erection intact for ninety-nine million years inside a chunk of amber. It’s a pre-historic treasure. There hasn’t been a fossil that old found with an erection since Bob Dole signed on to do commercials for Viagra.

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FAMILY FEATURES

f you are like most Americans, you might have lapsed a little on your New Year’s resolution to eat healthier.

Getting back on track is easy and guilt-free, and can be done with just a few steps.

Celebrity chef and registered dietitian Diane Henderiks offers three simple ways to help you get back on the right track and make sure you are eating the right foods: ■ Eliminate sugary drinks, like soda, as they don’t offer any nutritional value.

■ Identify ways to reduce the amount of food you eat, as we all tend to eat more than we need to.

■ Most importantly, limit the amount of carbohydrates you eat – this means trying to reduce the amounts of pastas, breads and sugars you are consuming – and focus on eating more fiber-rich vegetables, healthy fats and optimal protein.

“It’s easy to transform your favorite meals into healthy, low-carb meals that are rich in flavors and will satisfy you,” Henderiks said.

Henderiks has transformed some of her favorite meals into low-carb deliciousness for each meal of the day, including dessert, because you can still enjoy your favorite sweets and all of their great flavors with a few twists that make them healthier.

Living a low-carb lifestyle can also be effective in helping you lose and keep off unwanted weight – just in time for spring.

Find more recipes that make it easy to eat low-carb all year long at Atkins.com.

Waldorf Chicken Salad in Lettuce Cups Serves: 2 1/4 cup Greek yogurt 1/2 cup mayonnaise 1 teaspoon rice wine vinegar 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard 1 teaspoon dried thyme pinch of salt freshly ground black pepper

2 cups cooked, skinless chicken breast, coarsely chopped 1 rib of celery, diced 1/4 English cucumber, diced 1/4 apple, washed, peeled and diced 1/2 cup toasted, chopped walnuts 4 large Boston lettuce leaves, rinsed and patted dry 1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese In medium mixing bowl, whisk together yogurt, mayonnaise, vinegar, mustard, thyme, salt and pepper.

Fold in chicken, celery, cucumber, apple and walnuts.

Place 2 lettuce leaves on each plate and spoon 1/4 of chicken salad into each cup. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and serve.

Quick Tomato Salsa

1 tomato, cored and diced sprinkle of garlic powder 1 tablespoon finely chopped onion 1lime wedge, juice only 1 tablespoon finely chopped cilantro salt and pepper, to taste sprinkle of ground cumin In mixing bowl, combine tomato, onion and cilantro. Season with cumin, garlic, lime juice, salt and pepper, to taste.

Luscious Lemon Squares

Serves: 16 Filling: 1/4 cup coconut flour Crust: 2 tablespoons natural sugar 1/2 cup almond or hazelnut meal replacement 1/2 cup coconut flour 4 large eggs 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 cup fresh-squeezed lemon juice pinch of salt 1 tablespoon natural sugar replacement 3 tablespoons melted butter 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract Heat oven to 350 F. Line 8-inch square baking dish with parchment paper.

To make crust, in large bowl, combine almond meal, coconut flour, cinnamon, salt and sweetener. Add melted butter and vanilla extract. Combine all ingredients together and press dough evenly into bottom of baking dish. Bake for 10 minutes, until lightly golden around edges. Remove from oven and set aside.

To make filling, stir coconut flour and sweetener together.

Whisk in eggs and lemon juice.

Pour filling into crust and bake 10-15 minutes, until golden around edges.

Let cool at room temperature then refrigerate a minimum of 2 hours before cutting into squares.

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FOOD

Creston News Advertiser | Wednesday, February 17, 2016

what’s cookin’ in blondies A blondie as defined by Webster...also known as a blondie brownie or bar...is a rich, sweet dessert bar made from flour, brown sugar, butter, eggs, baking powder, and vanilla. They may also contain walnuts or pecans. Today’s recipes contain mashed bananas, pecans and espresso beans. Smakelijk eten! banana blondies 1/2 cup butter, melted and if desired browned 1 cup light brown sugar 1 egg 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

1/4 tsp. salt 1 cup flour 1/2 cup mashed banana (1 medium banana)

brown sugar Frosting 1/4 cup butter 1/2 cup light brown sugar 2 Tbsp. milk 1 cup powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 350°. Line an 8x8 baking dish with foil and spray with cooking spray. Set aside. In bowl of stand mixer combine melted (or browned) butter and sugar. Mix until combined. Add in egg and vanilla and continue mixing until incorporated. Stir in salt, flour and banana until batter is smooth and even. Spread in prepared pan. Bake for 25-30 minutes until center is set. Transfer pan to wire rack to cool. Frost the blondies when they are mostly cooled.

Brown Sugar Frosting - In a medium saucepan melt butter. Add brown sugar and milk and stir until mixture comes to just a boil.

Remove from heat, allow to cool for 5 minutes. Stir in powdered sugar with a whisk. Spread on top of blondies and allow frosting to set and blondies to cool completely before cutting into squares.

Whole grain blondies With pecans and espresso beans 2 large eggs, lightly beaten 8 Tbsp. unsalted butter 2 Tbsp. vanilla extract 1 cup packed light brown sugar 3/4 cup chopped hazelnuts 1 1/2 cups white whole-wheat flour or all-purpose flour 3/4 cup chopped espresso beans 1 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. salt Preheat oven to 350°. Line a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with parchment paper or foil, allowing it to slightly overhang opposite edges.

Coat with cooking spray. Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Cook, swirling often, until fragrant and starting to brown, 4 to 5 minutes. Remove from the heat. Whisk in brown sugar; let cool for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, whisk flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Whisk eggs and vanilla into the cooled butter mixture until well combined. Add the flour mixture in two additions, gently folding until just combined. Reserve 2 tablespoons each hazelnuts and chopped espresso beans; fold the remaining hazelnuts and chopped espresso beans into the batter. Evenly spread the batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle the reserved hazelnuts and chopped espresso beans. Bake the blondies until light brown around the edges, 18 to 22 minutes. They will appear slightly underbaked in the center; but will firm up as they cool. Let cool completely in the pan on a wire rack, about 2 hours. To cut, grab the overhanging parchment or foil and transfer the whole batch to a cutting board, then cut into 24 bars.

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ENTERTAINMENT

A cool home for marshmallows Dear Readers: A recent column discussed how to keep MARSHMALLOWS from sticking together. Here are just a few reader responses: Sharon E., via email, wrote: “I ALWAYS freeze my marshmallows. It doesn’t take long at all for them to thaw, and when they do, they are just as fresh and soft as the day I bought them.”

Marie M., via email, wrote: “After opening a package of marshmallows, we close it tightly and put it in the freezer. When we want marshmallows for hot chocolate or any recipe, we simply get out what we want, reseal the package and put it back in the freezer until next time.”

If you live in an area that has a high humidity level, this really works well. Oh, I just love chocolate marshmallows in a mug of hot coffee. — Heloise ANTS DOA Dear Heloise: I very much enjoy reading your column in the Orange County (Calif.)

Register. Love all your hints!

Here is my hint: Recent rains have been bringing ants into my kitchen. A few squirts from my ever-ready vinegar

Hints from Heloise

Creston News Advertiser | Wednesday, February 17, 2016

FAMILY CIRCUS® by Bill Keane

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loosely wrap the bottom and sides of the dish with aluminum foil with a high collar around it. That way, if it oozes over the sides of the dish, it will flow into the foil. This is perfect for apple pie.

For baking sweet potatoes, I wrap each one in two layers of aluminum foil. Then I place the potatoes on a baking sheet with raised edges. That way, any liquid that cooks out is contained. — Margaret H., Stafford County, Va. EASY SLICE Dear Heloise: I enjoy potatoes prepared all different ways. I make several types of potato salad throughout the year, and I came up with this hint: Use an apple slicer to slice the potatoes! It makes the slicing go much faster. BEETLE BAILEY® by Greg & Mort Walker But even better, if the potato is hot, you have minimal contact with it and don’t have to worry about burning your hands! — Linda W, via email LEFTOVER EGGNOG Dear Heloise: Every year, I use leftover eggnog in lieu of buttermilk or milk to make delicious pancakes. — Jim D., Freeport, Texas

spray bottle takes care of the problem. — Annelies in Fullerton, Calif.

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Horoscope Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Avoid domestic arguments, especially late in the day.

Power struggles with authority figures probably will cause regrets. It’s best to zip thy lip.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) This is an accident-prone day, especially later in the day, so do be careful. Pay attention to everything you say and do. Avoid angry outbursts with others.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Keep an eye on your money scene, because something unexpected might affect your earnings or your money in the bank, or possibly something you own. Avoid quarrels about money.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Today the Moon is in your sign at odds with Uranus and Pluto. Yikes! This means arguments with authority figures, partners and close friends are likely, especially late in the day.

Patience is your best ally.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Something happening behind the scenes might upset you today. Whatever happens, avoid a confrontation with others, because that will make things worse.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Be patient with friends today, especially a female acquaintance, because a sudden power struggle might take place.

Don’t waste energy trying to win something that is not worth fighting about.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Do not go up against authority figures today, because you will regret it. Just bide your time.

Sometimes you have to lose the battle to win the war.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) This is an accident-prone day for your sign, so be careful. Avoid controversial subjects like politics, religion and racial issues in order to keep the peace.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Disputes about shared property, taxes, debt, insurance matters or anything that you owe to someone else might arise today. This is a poor day for these discussions.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You will have to compromise with others today. Just accept this fact. Avoid arguments, because they will achieve nothing. Postpone important discussions until tomorrow.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Be patient with co-workers today. In particular, guard against knee-jerk reactions, which could lead to arguments.

Remember that you have to work with these people down the road.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) This is an accident-prone day for your kids, so be vigilant.

Sports events and social occasions suddenly might be canceled, rescheduled or changed.

This could be a bumpy day for romance as well.

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USDA makes funding available for Conservation Stewardship Program DES MOINES – USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is accepting applications at local offices for newly available funding through the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), USDA’s largest conservation program that helps farmers voluntarily improve conservation efforts on private working lands.

NRCS accepts applications for CSP throughout the year, but producers should submit applications

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ensure they are considered for enrollment in 2016. Current CSP participants with expiring contracts on Dec. 31 have the option to renew their contracts for an additional five years if they agree to adopt additional activities to achieve higher levels of conservation on their land.

Renewal applications are also due March 31.

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myself a poster child for what can happen when you combine good public policy and funding with good private initiative.”

Through CSP, Petersen performed such conservation activities as an on-farm energy audit, incorporating cover crop mixes on his cropland and using nitrogen provided from animal manure to supply 100 percent of the corn crop’s nutrient needs.

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conservation activities. The Iowa strategy includes practices designed to reduce nutrient loads from nonpoint sources such as farm fields.

Some popular CSP nutrient reduction enhancements used by Iowa farmers include: • Cover crops to scavenge residual nitrogen • Precision application technology to apply nutrients • Split nitrogen application (50 percent after crop emergence or pasture greenup)

• Plant tissue tests and analysis to improve nitrogen management A CSP self-screening checklist is available to help producers determine if the program is suitable for their operation. The checklist highlights basic information about CSP eligibility requirements, stewardship threshold requirements and payment types.

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OMAHA, Neb. – A softer agricultural land market will continue in 2016, with values for high-quality land holding steady, while lower-quality land values decline.

Despite lower land values scattered across many regions, land values in general will remain historically high when compared to long-term trends, reports Farmers National Company, the nation’s leading farm and ranch real estate company.

“Lower grain and livestock prices are a major factor in the current measured decline in land values,” said Randy Dickhut, vice president of real estate operations for Farmers National Company. “As net farm income continues to fall from the 2013 peak, we expect to see this trend in many agricultural regions of the country.”

Price stabilization will carry over into 2016 for some regions, as landowners hold on to the high-value land.

The supply of land available for sale increased slightly during the last quarter of 2015 but has remained lower than normal. The demand for agricultural land has turned more cautious.

Farmers National Company statistics indicate positive long-term economic trends, even with the current softening of ag land values. The current land value trend may encourage new buyers to enter the market or existing investors to expand portfolios.

“As the land market experiences a gradual decline, values remain much higher than just five to seven years ago, due to the positive longterm demand for food and fiber,” Dickhut said.

Greater Regional welcomes new provider William Wharff The Greater Regional Surgery Center has announced B i l l Wharff, Certified Registered N u r s e Wharff A n e s thetist (CRNA), recently joined Greater Regional Surgical Specialists Clinic team in February.

Wharff attended Drake University in Des Moines, where he obtained his bach-

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Wharff has been a CRNA since 1990 and has been practicing at Decatur County Hospital in Leon since 1995.

Wharff will be practicing anesthesia at Greater Regiona,l including steroid injections for lower back pain and for labor and delivery.

heim Vetmedica, Inc., your beef checkoff-funded Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) program is offering for the third consecutive year free online BQA certification for approximately two months.

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BQA provides cattlemen with the tools they need to produce the safest, highest-quality beef in the world while also looking at ways to make their operations more efficient and productive.

The BQA Program is the gold standard of livestock handling and animal welfare programs to demonstrate the industry’s commitment to continually improve the

day to build beef demand.

The online BQA program has customized programs specific to cow/calf, stocker, feedlot or dairy operations.

These easy-to-use modules teach sound management techniques they can apply to their operation to produce safe, wholesome and nutritious beef. The cattle industry has embraced BQA because it is the right thing to do, and it also helps cattle operations tell their story to consumers who might not understand all of the safety measures cattlemen take in producing the food on the table.

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Cyclones wrap up share of Hawkeye 10 title Panthers end regular season in 62-34 loss to No. 5 Harlan

By LARRY PETERSON

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Texas wins AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — After two straight losses, Texas coach Shaka Smart pleaded for his players to show more emotion and swagger heading into the key stretch of the season.

They delivered both in a big way Tuesday night.

Isaiah Taylor scored 23 points and Eric Davis Jr. added 15 and led a flurry of 3-pointers that sparked the 24th-ranked Longhorns to an 85-78 victory over No. 10 West Virginia.

“We do a great job of responding,” Taylor said. “Coach Smart lit a fire under all of us.”

Davis made four 3-pointers in the first half and Texas (17-9, 8-5 Big 12) had 10 in the game in capping a regular-season sweep of the Mountaineers. For Davis, it was a huge turnaround after he scored a total of seven points in the previous four games.

“Swagger is basically energy, that’s all it is,” Davis said. “Isaiah has been a great teammate, telling me I’d be needed down the stretch. It’s target practice when you’ve got a great guard like him.”

Tarik Phillip scored 19 points for West Virginia (20-6, 9-4), which dropped one game behind No. 2 Kansas in the Big 12.

Mayo retiring FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — New England Patriots linebacker Jerod Mayo says he is going to retire.

Mayo posted a 90word statement on Instagram on Tuesday with the caption “Retiring a Patriot.” The 29-year-old former first-round draft pick said being a member of the Patriots for eight years was a “life-changing event.”

“As my family and I prepare for the future, be sure that the Pats memories will always hold a special place in our hearts,” he wrote.

Mayo also thanked the Kraft family, coach Bill Belichick and someone named “Thundercat.”

Mayo, 29, was the 10th overall pick in the 2008 draft.

He did not play in the AFC championship game against Denver because of a shoulder injury. He played in just six games in each of the previous two seasons because of injuries.

NBA trade DETROIT (AP) With a playoff spot within reach this year, the Detroit Pistons made a trade they hope will benefit them both now and in the future.

The Pistons acquired forward Tobias Harris from Orlando on Tuesday in a deal that sent guard Brandon Jennings and forward Ersan Ilyasova to the Magic.

The 23-year-old Harris gives Detroit another athletic young player, and he’ll be under team control for a while. Harris signed a $64 million, four-year deal to stay with the Magic last summer, when he was a restricted free agent.

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Harlan wasted no time in snaring a share of the Hawkeye 10 boys basketball championship Tuesday night.

Coming off a 64-51 non-conference loss against Lewis Central Friday, the fifth-ranked Cyclones were sharp early in bolting to an 11-2 lead when Creston coach Taylor Phipps called a timeout three minutes into the game.

The quarter ended with the fifth-ranked Cyclones in front 19-7. By halftime, Will Lansman had 14 points and Ethan Knudson had 10 as the Cyclones held a commanding 31-11 lead.

In the end, the first varsity points scored by senior Travis Purdy with four seconds left proved to be one of the few Creston highlights in a 62-34 defeat.

“We needed to come out ready to play and we didn’t match their intensity to start the game,” Phipps said. “We had a couple looks here and there that CNA photo by LARRY PETERSON we didn’t knock down, and Creston’s Ryan Kucera (5) congratulates fellow senior Travis Purdy in front of a cheerour intensity and focus ing student section after Purdy scored his first varsity basket in the closing seconds of wasn’t where it needed to Tuesday’s 62-34 loss to fifth-ranked Harlan.

“They did a good job the Panthers, who ended up be.”

“Creston is a young team but it’s a good group of staying in front of us,” in an eighth-place tie in the Cyclones adjust Phipps said. “I didn’t think Hawkeye 10 with Red Oak Creston set a school re- and they are very capable our movement away from and Denison-Schleswig at 3-point shooters,” said vetcord with 13 3-pointers in the ball was as good as it’s 2-8. eran Harlan coach Mitch an 80-47 loss at Harlan on Creston is 6-15 overall been.”

Osborn.

“We switched off Dec. 15 — since broken With Harlan’s defense heading into Monday’s on all screens and made it with 14 in last Friday’s designed to contest any Class 3A district opener at home victory over Clarinda a little tougher for them to 3-point attempts, Cody Glenwood, which shared get the ball with an open — and the Harlan defense Crawford and Kylan Small- the conference title with look.” was geared to thwart the wood opted to drive to the Harlan and Carroll KuePhipps said his team Panthers’ perimeter game basket more and both end- mper Catholic at 9-1. The didn’t attack the Cyclone this time. ed up with 13 points to lead Cyclones, 17-3 overall, end defense effectively.

their regular season Thursday against Carroll before hosting Denison-Schleswig Monday to open tournament play.

“We’re pleased with the win and to get into the three-way tie for the championship,” Osborn said.

“We beat Kuemper by 19 and 35 points, and split with Glenwood, so it’s a three-way tie and that’s the way it goes.”

Injured starter Point guard Caleb Rasmussen suffered an injured back in Friday’s loss at Lewis Central and did not play against the Panthers.

Picking up the slack were Lansman with 19 points and Knudson with 15. Allstater Kyle Juhl was limited to six points, but was a leading rebounder for the Cyclones.

“We’re hoping to get Caleb back by Monday,” Osborn said. “Knudson and Lansman played well for us tonight after not having very good nights at LC.” “They can hit you from a lot of different ways,” Phipps said. “They are a very good team. Now we have some days to get ready for going to Glenwood on Monday. We’ll have some good, hard practices leading up to that and hopefully be ready to go.”

Senior moment With the team’s seniors on the floor late in Tuesday’s final home game — a night also devoted to honoring senior cheerleaders Amber Castillo, Saige PANTHERS | 10A

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straight points and then Megan Warin got a steal and a layup to give Mount Ayr a 25-2 lead after one quarter.

“That was the goal to get out front and not look back,” Mount Ayr head c o a c h Thad Streit said.

“It helped when they were letting us have some easy shots Streit and getting into transition.

“It’s something we’ve worked on the last couple of weeks, was just our wings getting wide — some fundamental things you kind of take for granted.

er-beating 3-pointer that gave Essex a 51-49 win in a Region 7 quarterfinal.

On the top half of the MOUNT AYR — Mount Region 6 bracket, eighthAyr came out of the gates ranked Grand View Chrishot and took advantage of tian advanced with a 60-56 Kelcie Shields’ height early win over Iowa Christian and often here Tuesday in Academy and Colo-Nesco a 65-24 Class 1A Region 6 advanced with a 49-42 win quarterfinal win over Diagover Murray. Grand View onal.

Christian and Colo-NeThe Raiderettes were sco meet Friday night in able to get out into tranSaydel. sition, which created easy Diagonal put together a passing lanes to Shields on run in the second quarter, the inside. outscoring Mount Ayr 11-4 Mount Ayr started the during a stretch early in the game on a 19-0 run, which quarter to draw within 31included eight points by 13.

Shields, before Diagonal Katie Sobotka scored finally got on the board as five points in the stretch, Emily Newton and Cassidy including Becker each made one free the basthrow for the Maroonettes. ket that Shields scored four started the run and a 3-pointer later.

Maddie Lohmann Sobotka a d d e d four points in the run.

But Mount Ayr closed the half on an 8-0 run to take a 39-13 lead into halftime.

“They needed to get a shot to fall to get a little more comfortable,” Diagonal head coach Gina Gunsolley said. “We knew it was going to be hard facing Kelcie. She’s had 30-point games all season long and that was just going to be hard to stop. I wouldn’t say we’ve faced a total put-together team where you have to guard guards and posts. We usually have one or the other. It was going to be a challenge for us.”

The Raiderettes outscored Diagonal 17-4 in the CNA photo by SCOTT VICKER third quarter, putting the Diagonal freshman Emily Newton drives toward the basket from the wing while Mount Ayr junior Tess Shields defends on the play during Mount Ayr’s 65-24 win over the 35-point mercy rule runMaroonettes on Tuesday. Mount Ayr advanced to Friday’s Class 1A Region 6 semifinal ning clock into effect midwith the win. way through the quarter.

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I thought our wings ran the floor extremely well, which got them the ball early in our transition and that allowed them to dump the ball down for an easy 2-point bucket.”

Getting out fast and not looking back proved to be important, especially on a night that saw several upsets in regional play.

Adair-Casey, ranked 11th in Class 1A, lost 51-50 to CAM, which improved to 12-11 for the season with its upset win Tuesday night.

Mount Ayr will play CAM in Friday’s Region 6 semifinal, scheduled for 7 p.m. in Adair.

Pride of Iowa Conference rival Bedford also lost in upset fashion Tuesday night, as the 13th-ranked Bulldogs fell on a buzz-

Mount Ayr shared the ball well in the win, assisting on 23 of 28 made baskets. Macy Larsen led the team with Larsen eight assists, while Warin dished out four.

“We had a ton (of assists), because we were getting the ball in transition and throwing the ball in to get easy layups,” Streit said. “They’re such an unselfish group. They’re really fun to be around.”

Shields finished the game with 28 points on 12-of-17 shooting to go with nine rebounds and three b l o c k e d Shields s h o t s .

Warin finished with 14 points, including a pair of 3-pointers for the Raiderettes, who Warin improved to 16-7 for the season with the win.

Diagonal finished the season with a mark of 12-10, an improvement from last year when the Maroonettes went 3-18. And with no seniors on this year’s roster, the future is bright for Gunsolley’s team.

“I told the girls you can’t let one game base how your whole season went,” she said. “We went from a 3-18 team last year to 12-10 now RAIDERETTES | 11A

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out the entire season.”

Interstate 35 allowed only three points in the second quarter in taking a 31-14 halftime lead and cruised past Southwest Valley Tuesday, 57-40, in a Class 2A Region 7 quarterfinal game.

Interstate 35 (20-2) faces Panorama Friday in a regional semifinal game on the Roadrunners’ court.

Panorama knocked off West Central Valley Tuesday.

Morgan Shuey scored 12 points and Danica Sunderman added eight points and six rebounds for Southwest Shuey Valley, which ended at 8-14. Kaitlyn Schad and Katie Taylor each had three assists and Taylor also collected four of the team’s nine steals.

“We played the same team a couple weeks ago and lost 42-21,” said Southwest Valley coach Allen Naugle. “We were able to do a much better job offensively tonight. We shot the ball better from the field and were able to run our offense much better. I-35 has three great basketball players and we did a nice job holding them to 34 points combined. The rest of their team did a much better job making open shots compared to the first time we played them.”

Interstate 35 had a strong offensive rebounding night leading to several second-chance baskets against the Timberwolves. Southwest Valley also turned the ball over 21 times.

“The girls gave great effort throughout the game and never gave up,” Naugle said. “They fought until the end. I was proud of how hard this group played and how much improvement these girls showed through-

GREENFIELD — Nodaway Valley improved to 17-5 Tuesday with a 6033 victory over Nishnabotna in a Class 1A Region 7 quarterfinal game.

“We had aggressive offensive play from Jessica Nelson and Paige McElfish and some great defensive pressure tonight,” said Nodaway Valley coach Tom Thompson. “We also won the rebounding battle in moving on to face Essex in Friday’s semifinal matchup.”

In Friday’s 7 p.m. semifinal at Greenfield, the Wolverines take on a 19-3 Essex team that edged 13th-ranked Bedford Tuesday, 51-49.

Nishnabotna finished at 16-7 after falling behind 12-2 in the opening minutes and 37-17 at halftime. Nelson finished with 20 points to lead the Wolverines and McElfish added 16.

Josie Clarke hauled in 12 rebounds for Nodaway Valley a l o n g with four assists and four b l o c k e d Clarke s h o t s .

McElfish finished with eight rebounds. Mercedes Harter made two 3-pointers had three assists. Jodie Baudler had four steals and Annie Herr contributed three steals to the defensive effort.

Kenna Voyles led Nishnabotna with 10 points.

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Colo-Nesco 49 Murray 42 COLO — A poor start hampered Murray’s upset bid as Colo-Nesco improved to 20-3 for the season in a 49-42 victory in a Class 1A Region 6 quarterfinal game Tuesday night.

“We were down 11-0 and trailed 11-6 after one quarter,” Murray coach Jerry

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Shields said. “We held them scoreless for 11 minutes at the end of the first quarter until the very end of the second quarter and we were up 16-13 at the half. Then we got down 32-24 at the end of the third.

We got it cut to four at 40-36 before they finished it at 4942.”

Senior Madison Gonseth scored 18 points, 10 rebounds and two blocked shots in her final game for the Lady Mus- Gonseth tangs (147). Kayla Siefkas, Bre Klein and Kayla Wookey scored six each. McKenzie McIntosh had a team-high three assists while scoring four points.

Makaelyn Neuendorf made three 3-pointers in leading Colo-Nesco with 21 points.

Rachel Vincent scored nine points, all from behind the arc. Grace Stalzer also scored nine points.

“Being able to keep a good 3-point shooting team down for more than a half is a tough struggle as it was for us tonight,” Shields said. “They came out and hit six threes in the second half. That was the difference, as they only had 10 shots made inside the arc.”

Murray loses seniors Shelby Myers, McIntosh and Gonseth.

“They have meant a lot to this program and have come a long way since they were freshmen,” Shields said. “But like us, there are a lot of seniors graduating in the Bluegrass this year. Hopefully we will be battling for a conference title again next year. We will have six girls returning who saw a lot of action this year, plus our point guard who was injured the third game of the season (sophomore Zadie Hatfield). So, with a lot of work in the off-season, we should be there.”

Colo-Nesco faces Grand eighth-ranked Grand View Christian Friday at Saydel.

Van Meter 79 SW Valley 40 PANORA — The Southwest Valley boys basketball season came to an end Monday night in a 79-42 loss to Van Meter in a Class 2A District 14 quarterfinal game.

Van Meter (14-8) jumped out to a 28-7 lead after one quarter. The Bulldogs outscored the Timberwolves 22-10 in the second period to go into halftime with a 50-17 lead.

The margin stretched to

65-32 after three quarters.

“They did a great job jumping out to an early lead, but we didn’t quit, and that says a lot about the future of our program,” said Southwest Valley coach Andrew Focht.

Chance Cobb scored 20 points with two assists for Southwest Valley (6-15).

Scott Palmer added six points and four rebounds.

Bryan Pearson had four points and two steals.

Kyle Schmidt scored 15 points for Van Meters, which

GIRLS BASKETBALL Regional games Class 1A Region 7 Exira/EHK 61, Griswold 41 Sidney 38, Fremont-Mills 29 Nodaway Valley 60, Nishnabotna 33 Essex 51, Bedford 49 Region 6 Grand View Christian 60, Iowa Christian Academy 56 Colo-Nesco 49, Murray 42 CAM 51, Adair-Casey 50 Mount Ayr 65, Diagonal

24 Region 5 Springville 60, Tri-County 23 Sigourney 64, Cedar Valley Christian 59 Montezuma 54, Southeast Warren 30 Moravia 71, Wayne 37 Class 2A Region 8 Unity Christian 75, Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 35 Ridge View 45, West Monona 35 Treynor 73, Underwood 41

7th girls The Creston seventh-grade girls won their second close battle with Red Oak in four days by completing an undefeated season Thursday with a 3226 victory here.

Creston got out to a 20-9 lead at halftime, but Red Oak rallied to within 26-24 in the fourth quarter. The Panthers finished with a 6-2 run to finish the win after prevailing 36-32 four days earlier at Red Oak. Kelsey Fields had eight points and 10 rebounds for Creston (11-0). Sam Dunphy and Braelyn Baker each had six points with Peyton Rice and Rachel

Boyer providing five each.

Dunphy grabbed nine rebounds. Boyer collected eight steals.

“The girls were playing really well in taking control of the game, but Red Oak stayed aggressive in driving to the basket and getting to the free throw line and they slowed us down for awhile,” said Creston coach Larry Peterson. “I thought Rachel Boyer did a great job holding their best offensive player to five

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Seniors ending their Southwest Valley careers Monday were Tony Klocke, Ryan Allison and Pearson.

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Linderman, Sydney Suiter and Maddie Travis — Purdy got his second varsity appearance and made a basket from near the free throw line with four seconds left, triggering a loud crowd reaction.

“That was good to see him get one in a varsity game,” Phipps said of the senior who has seen limited duty throughout a four-year high school career.

HARLAN (62) — Will Lansman 9 0-0 19, Ethan Knudson 6 0-0 15, Sam McLaughlin 4 0-0 8, Joshua Cheek 2 2-2 6, Kyle Juhl 3 0-1 6, Nolan Heese 0 4-6 4, Thomas Fink 1 0-0 2, Travis Crees 1 0-0 2. Totals — 26 6-9 62. 3-point goals — 4 (Knudson 3, Lansman 1). Team fouls — 8. Fouled out — None.

CRESTON (34) — Cody Crawford 5 2-2 13, Kylan Smallwood 6 1-1 13, Evan Jacobson 1 0-0 2, Tucker Flynn 1 0-2 2, Curtis Palmer 1 0-0 2, Travis Purdy 1 0-0 2. Totals — 15 3-5 34. 3-point goals — 1 (Crawford 1). Rebounds — Crawford 6, Flynn 4, Smallwood 4, McDermott 3, Palmer 3, Ian Burns 2. Steals — McDermott 3. Assists — Somers 1, McDermott 1. Blocks — Burns 1. Team fouls — 8. Fouled out — None.

Harlan — 19 31 49 62

Creston — 7 11 19 34 JUNIOR VARSITY Harlan took a 21-9 first-quarter lead on the way to beating the Creston junior varsity here Tuesday, 82-43.

Sophomore Shane Chamberlain made five 3-pointers in scoring 25 points for Harlan. Cole Higgins made three 3-pointers in leading Creston with 11 points.

“I didn’t feel like our effort was very good at the start, like it’s been in a lot of basketball games this season,” Creston coach Todd Jacobson said. “In this conference, you have to be locked in, ready to go. If they want to be quality varsity players, that’s something that they have to show that they can do. When they do, they play pretty well.”

The game marked the end of Creston’s JV season at 4-17.

“At this level, we’re just looking at them to grow and I thought they showed a lot of growth,” Jacobson said. “We didn’t have a lot of depth because we played so many young kids on varsity. The program is in good hands, and we’re building it the right way.”

Creston (43) — Cole Higgins 11, Brenden McDowell 9, Kyle Somers 8, Curtis Palmer 8, Seth Thompson 6, Ian Burns 1. 3-point goals — Higgins 3, Somers 2, Thompson 2, McDowell 1. Free throws — 3-6. Halftime score — Harlan 41, Creston 23.

Harlan (82) — Shane Chamberlain 25, Alec Plagman 4, Deren Schmitz 11, Matt Bjoin 9,

Ryan DeMott 9, Jacob Hansen 8, Jacob Bartley 6, Jared Moser 5, Kevin Campbell 3, Logan Klaassen 2. 3-point goals — Chamberlain 5, Bjoin 3, Plagman 1, Campbell 1, Moser 1, Schmitz 1. Free throws — 10-13.

FRESHMEN Harlan established a 26-9 lead in the opening quarter and took command 51-14 at halftime en route to beating the Creston freshmen Tuesday, 69-31.

Brett Sears led 12 Harlan scorers with 14 points. Bryce Fitzgerald had nine points for Creston (2-10).

“We got beat by 50 last time against them and cut it a little bit this time,” Creston coach Anthony Donahoo.

The Panther coach said his team learned to play without varsity starter Kylan Smallwood, a member of their class and leading scorer throughout their middle school seasons.

“We got beat by Atlantic by 27 the first time and then beat them by six,” Donahoo said. “We were teaching the kids to play five-player basketball instead of just giving the ball to Kylan for him to make a play, and it took some time to make that transition.”

Creston (31) — Bryce Fitzgerald 9, Michael Scherer 8, Lee Normandeau 7, Jeff Dillenburg 3, Walker Patterson 2, Kendall Crawford 2. 3-point goals — Fitzgerald 1, Dillenburg 1, Normandeau 1. Free throws — 2-4. Halftime score — Harlan 51, Creston 14.

Harlan (69) — Brett Sears 14, Jay Swanson 12, Jake McLaughlin 10, Jonathan Cheek 8, Taylor Klinkefus 4, William Moreland 4, Braden Fink 4, Blake Goshorn 3, Dylan Janssen 3, Hunter Manz 2, Mason Peters 2, Eli Boldan 2. 3-point goals — Swanson 2, Cheek 2, Gashorn 1, Klinkefus 1, Janssen 1. Free throws — 8-10.

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Harlan’s Will Lansman (43) reaches to defend a perimeter shot by Creston freshman Kylan Smallwood during Tuesday’s game here. Smallwood had 13 points in the Panthers’ final home appearance of the season.

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Creston senior Curtis Palmer (55) scores in the lane late in Tuesday’s game against Harlan. Palmer had three rebounds and two points in the Panthers’ final regular-season game.

WACO, Texas (AP) — Johnathan Motley scored seven of his 27 points in overtime and No. 25 Baylor defeated No. 13 Iowa State 100-91 on Tuesday night, ending a three-game home losing streak for the Bears.

There were 14 ties and 14 lead changes in the game that began with both teams having identical records.

The final lead change came with 3:19 left in overtime when Lester Medford hit a 3-poitner from the left wing to put Baylor (19-7, 8-5 Big 12) up 87-84. After Deonte Burton missed badly on a 3-pointer, Taurean Prince had a bounce pass to Motley for an emphatic two-handed dunk.

Terry Maston had 15 points for Baylor, while

Medford, Prince and Al Freeman all had 14. Motley, who also scored 27 points in the teams’ first meeting, had 10 rebounds.

The Cyclones (18-8, 7-6) had three 20-point scorers: Abdel Nader with 26, Georges Niang with 24 and Monte Morris with 20. Burton had 14.

Baylor played without big man Rico Gathers, who missed his second game in the last three because of sickness. Coach Scott Drew

said Gathers, who leads the team with a 10.2 rebound average, was feeling better, but then got woozy again after going through shootaround earlier in the day.

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DIAGONAL (24) — Emily Newton 3 1-2 7, Katie Sobotka 3 0-0 7, Maddie Lohmann 2 0-0 4, Cassidy Becker 0 3-4 3,

Allison Norris 0 2-2 2, Kasydi Klommhaus 0 1-2 1. Totals — 8 7-10 24. 3-point goals — 1 (Sobotka 1). Team fouls — 13.

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MOUNT AYR (65) — Kelcie Shields 12 4-7 28, Megan Warin 6 0-0 14, Tess Shields 4 0-0 8, Sara Winemiller 2 2-2 6, Blair Glendenning 2 0-0 4, Macy Larsen 1 0-0 2, Keirston Klommhaus 1 0-0 2, Kirsten Dolecheck 0 1-2 1. Totals — 28 7-13 65. FG shooting — 28-50

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points for Creston. Payton Luther and Katie Adair had three points each in the two-quarter game.

“One of the highlights of our season is how far those girls came since early December when we struggled to score any points,” Peterson. “It was fun to see them enjoy playing and being successful.”

Creston A (32) — Kelsey Fields 8, Sam Dunphy 6, Braelyn Baker 6, Peyton Rice 5, Rachel Boyer 5, Morgan Buxton 2. Rebounds — Fields 10, Dunphy 9, Baker 5, Boyer 5, Katie Adair 2. Steals — Boyer 8, Baker 4, Fields 4, Rice 3, Dunphy 2.

Red Oak A (26) — Jadyn VonDielingen 12, Abby Jones 7, Chloe DeVries 5, Emma Bierbaum 2.

Creston B (14) — Katie Buchanan 4, Katie Adair 3, Payton Luther 3, KyLee Richards 2, Caitlyn Gist 2. Rebounds — Richards 5, Buchanan 2, Luther 2, Adair 1, Karly Calvin 1, Jordyn Scherer 1, Morgan Buxton 1. Steals — Luther 2, Richards 2, Adair 1.

Red Oak B (12) — Cami Porter 4, Alexia Fridolph 4, Rhenn Rolenc 4.

8th girls Even without a regular starter, Creston played an undefeated Red Oak eighth-grade girls team closer on Thursday than earlier in the week. Red Oak won its second meeting in a week with the Panthers, 59-20.

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ers, Kara Kinsella, but we played well against them this time by slowing their running game,” said Creston coach Mendy McCreight. “We doubled our points from Monday. We struggled with rebounding, which allowed Red Oak to get putbacks. On offense we had lots of good looks, but unfortunately for us the ball wouldn’t fall.”

Red Oak also won the second game, 12-2, with Emma Hanson scoring for Creston.

“Our defense played well, but we struggled on offense and didn’t get many shots,” McCreight said.

Overall, McCreight was pleased with the team’s development during the season.

“The girls have improved so much from the time we began our season,” McCreight said. “These girls put a lot of hard work, time and effort into this sport.

I really enjoyed working with this group of girls. We had some wins and a couple of really close games.

The girls never gave up and kept playing until the final buzzer.”

An example of the progress, McCreight said, was beating Clarinda by 25 points in the second meeting after prevailing by two points the first time. The team also had a big comeback against Winterset to force overtime in the second meeting.

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The successful candidate will maintain, & troubleshoot electrical & mechanical issues on mfg. equipment. Candidates with a strong electrical background, will be given preference. Candidate will also need experience working on motors, drives, hydraulics, & PLC troubleshooting. Applicant must be able to work overtime as needed. Requirements are 2 yrs. maintenance experience, & preference will be given to candidate with a two year technical college degree (electromechanical degrees preferred). This position is for night shift working the hours of 7 pm – 7 am. Team members work 12 hour shifts, 3-4 days per week.

This work schedule provides a 3 day weekend every other week.

Johnson Controls offers highly competitive wage and an excellent benefit package which includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and 401K. Application forms can be completed at IWD Centers or on site at Johnson Controls, 2015 Fernwood Ave, Red Oak. EEO/AA Employer/Vet/Disabled

Food and Faith

Church Dinner

— Hosted by Creston United Methodist Women —

400 N. Elm Street • Creston

Sunday, Feb. 21 – 11:30 to 1:00 Roast Beef or Roast Pork, Mashed Potatoes, Corn, Beans, Rolls, Variety of Salads and Desserts, Beverages included.

8 for Adults • 4 for Children (5-11) Free for Children under 5 OPEN TO ALL

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Sat. Mar. 12- 10:00AM Rural Creston, IA. 2013 JD 4720 MFWD DSL Tractor with loader, JD 6600 Combine & Heads, Frontier 3 pt. Acreage Equip., GF and BB Wagons, Shop & Hand Tools, Farm Toys & Collectibles for Dale & Pat Wagner.

Auctioneers: Darwin West, Tom Frey, Todd Crill, Brandon Frey, Zack Ballad, Steve Bergren.

Advertise your auction in the CNA Classifieds and we will include it in our “Auction Calendar.”

Full-time/Part-time

CNA

Full-time/Part-time

RN/LPN

SIGN-ON BONUS $1,000 Full-time $500 Part-time

Waitress / Bartender Part-time Nights & Weekends EXPERIENCED ONLY APPLY

HELP WANTED Full-time

RN/LPN

$2500 Sign-On Bonus Also Full-time CNA

To apply stop in for an application or call Kim Bashor,

$7.50/hour + tips

641-333-2226.

For appointment call 782-2615

Lenox Care Center

Elm’s Club

and Ventilator Unit 111 E. Van Buren • Lenox

108 N. Elm • Uptown Creston

Phone: 641-333-2226

EOE

Dave and Dana Stonehocker

Southwest Iowa REC, an electric distribution cooperative, is seeking qualified applicants for a Member Service Representative position at our Mt. Ayr facility. This position requires knowledge of electric wiring applications, heating and cooling technologies, and associated equipment.

The successful candidate must possess excellent human relations, communication, timemanagement, analytical, and problem solving skills. Experience with metering and information technology systems and knowledge of electric theory and engineering principles are a plus.

Southwest Iowa REC offers a competitive wage, commensurate with qualifications and experience, and an excellent benefit package.

Please submit a cover letter, resume and application on or before February 29, 2016 to:

Southwest Iowa REC, 1801 Grove Avenue, Corning, IA 50841 or via email to postmaster@swiarec.coop.

Applications can be downloaded from our website www.swiarec.coop or picked up at one of our office locations.

Southwest Iowa REC is an equal opportunity employer.

COME WORK FOR A BRONZE AWARD WINNING FACILITY

New to Creston?

If you are new to Creston, stop by the

Creston Chamber of Commerce for a welcome packet!

Submit a cover letter and resume or application to: hrinfo@hci-vns.org A pre-employment background check, physical and drug screen are required.

EOE

CNA

Iowa Focus is seeking trustworthy, honest individuals for part-time direct support providers in Creston.

Overnight and every other weekend hours available.

Sign on Bonus $1000 Full-time $500 Part-time

Experience working with people with disabilities preferred, HS Diploma/GED and Drivers License is required. Starting Wage is $9.75, Training Included.

1001 Cottonwood, Creston, IA

bhodge@careinitiatives.org www.careinitiatives.org Not for Profit

EOE/AAP Disability & Vets

Electronics Technician

Starting pay ranges from approximately $19.00 - $22.00/hour based on experience & education.

Please stop by your nearest Workforce Development Center to fill out an application along with a summary of qualifications and work experience. Applications can also be picked up at Osceola Foods and mailed back to Jared Lee, 1027 Warren Ave. Osceola, IA. 50213 Hormel Foods Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration/or employment without regard to race. color, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

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POSITION OPEN MDS/QA Nurse, RN or LPN Part-time - Full-time, dayshift

• Excellent Benefit Package • New Group Health Insurance • Life Insurance

• 401K Plan • Paid Vacation, Holidays, Sick Pay

Clearview Homes

Mount Ayr • 641-464-2240 “A home away from home” Providing quality care for our residents for over 55 years!

4 Carrier Routes

in Corning Available Deliver Monday-Friday Must be 10 years old

Contact Sandy Allison Creston News Advertiser, 641-782-2141 x6451

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641-782-8511

Iowa Focus, 105 W Adams – Ste B, Creston, Iowa. EOE

INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE MECHANIC

“A Home Away From Home”

We are proud to invest in you by providing nurse aide membership benefits (NAHCA), online training, LPN & RN tuition assistance, a generous anniversary bonus, & much more! Visit us on the web to learn more and apply.

Applicants must be personable and have good communication skills, complete paperwork in a timely manner, flexible hours, and a team player.

Osceola Foods, LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary of a Fortune 500 Company is seeking an Industrial Maintenance Mechanic for our night shift. Successful maintenance applicants will have welding ability, maintenance experience with processing equipment, working knowledge of hydraulic and pneumatic systems, and the ability to troubleshoot. Successful candidates will work in our modern food processing facility located in Osceola, Iowa, and enjoy competitive wages along with a comprehensive benefits package. A combination of experience and/or training at an accredited technical school will be given consideration.

Industrial Mechanics are given regular performance and salary reviews.

Clearview Homes

Creston Specialty Care is now hiring caring CNAs with strong work ethic to join our team.

Interested applicants may apply in person at

641-782-7021

PRN Hospice RN: Valid Iowa RN license, 1 year home health/hospice experience preferred.

FTR-3 Hospice RN: 12 hour shifts, 6pm-6am Hospice Aide PTR-2: (12 hour shifts, 24 hours per week); 1 year in nursing home or home health preferred

Member Service Representative

Apply to Pam Danielson, DON

1000 E. Howard • Creston 782-5012 Drug Free EOE

HCI Hospice Care Services - Greater Regional Hospice Home is looking for compassionate employees to serve patients during their end of life journey:

Thank You Thank you to all of our friends and family for the cards, calls, texts, flowers, thoughts and prayers during Dana and my stays at the hospital and rehab center.

A special thank you to the Afton and Murray First Responders and the Creston EMTs for their professional care at my accident.

Also the nurses, physical therapists and staff at Creston Nursing and Rehab and Unity Point Health Care in Des Moines.

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Osceola Foods, LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary of a Fortune 500 company is currently reviewing applications for the position of Electronics Technician on second shift. An Electronics Technician has the following principal accountabilities.

• Applies advanced electrical skills to design and specify equipment for new installations and improvement of exiting control equipment.

• Maintains accurate record of electrical equipment such as electric schematics, breaker panel sheets, backup copies of PLC and PC applications, etc.

• Uses expertise for diagnosis and trouble shooting • Recommends, develops and implements modification and systems to improve equipment reliability.

• Provides direction and training for less skilled maintenance personnel.

• Participates in cross functional teams such as safety, technology, energy conservation, etc.

• Ensures the control systems are designed in accordance with the National Electric code.

• To work safely • Performs other tasks as assigned by management

RESTAURANT AND SPORTS BAR

HWY. 34 • CRESTON, IA • 641-782-5014 Locally owned & operated by Bill & Janet Hayes since 1980

Dial-AService

Preferred candidates will: • Have excellent communication skills • Have knowledge of Allen Bradley Hardware systems, Wonderware systems, VPD drives, Window 7 and Ethernet networking.

• A combination of experience and/or training at an accredited technical school win be given consideration. Industrial Mechanics are given regular performance and salary reviews.

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HOME SERVICES DIRECTORY

Find the right people for the job, right here.

Wages are based on experience and education. Starting pay typically ranges from $22 to $24.50 per hour.

Computer Repair

Siding & Windows

Please stop by your nearest Workforce Development Center to fill out an application along with a summary of qualifications and work experience.

Applications can also be picked up at Osceola Foods and mailed back to Jared Lee, 1027 Warren Ave. Osceola, IA, 50213.

BUILTNETWORKS, 805 Wyoming Ave, Creston, IA, 641-782-4765, Computer sales, repair, networking. Over 25 years experience. PC & Mac.

GAULE EXTERIORS Steel and vinyl siding, replacement windows and seamless guttering. Quality craftsmanship, over a decade of professional service in Southwest Iowa. 641-782-0905.

Hormel Foods Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Clean it up with the Classifieds You’ll find yourself with space to spare and money to burn when you sell your stuff in the Creston News Advertiser Classifieds.

503 W. Adams St. • Creston, IA • classified@crestonnews.com

641-782-2141 Ext. 6441

Electrician

BRENNAN ELECTRIC, licensed, WESTMAN WINDOWS. Replacealso home repairs and ment windows tilt for easy cleaning and rebates bays, bows, sliders, etc. improvements, 641-782-3795.

Any custom size and shape, 30+ years in Creston. I sell, service and Glass install, for no-pressure estimate call QUALITY GLASS CO. Automotive, Charlie Westman 641-782-4590 or home, business and farm. 641-344-5523.

Commercial lock service and trailer sales. Hwy 34 East, in BOWMAN SIDING & WINDOWS. All major brands of vinyl and steel Creston 641-782-5155 siding, Heartland, Traco and Revere thermal replacement windows. ReHandyman Service cipient of the Revere Premium RenoHANDYMAN. Carpentry, Painting, vator Award. Seamless guttering and Doors, Windows, Miscellaneous Leaf Relief gutter covers. 33 years of Home Repairs. Creston and continuous reliable service in SouthSurrounding Areas. 641-208-1730 west Iowa, free estimates, 641-3225160 or 1-800-245-0337.

Plumber SCHROEDER PLUMBING and ELECTRICAL. Central air repair/ new installations, new breaker boxes, lighting fixtures, softeners, water heaters. Specialize in manufactured and mobile homes.

Free estimates, licensed, insured, 641-202-1048. Accept Visa & Mastercard.

Storage SHARP’S SELF-STORAGE Boats, records, inventory, furniture.

You store it, lock it, take the key. Industrial Park, Creston, 641-782-6227.

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Creston • 782-7023

FUEL SAVER 6 Hour Sale CNA photo by LARRY PETERSON

Senior spotlight: Creston High School senior Maddie Travis sings the national anthem

prior to the Creston vs. Harlan boys basketball game Tuesday night. Travis was one of four senior cheerleaders honored with their parents before the game. The others were Amber Castillo, Saige Linderman and Sydney Suiter. For more on the game, see page 8A.

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Contributed photo

Standing by the poster of Princess In Diamonds, from left, are Joe Owens, Todd and Pam Crawford, Cristin Lockwood, Clinton Anderson and Gay Lynn Owens.

Princess In Diamonds inducted into NRHA Hall of Fame OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — At the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Jan. 23, all of the key people in Princess In Diamonds’ life sat together at the ceremony reminiscing about the American Quarter Horse mare Princess and how she had brought them all together.

Gay Lynn and Joe Owens raised her. She is out of their mare Eyed Be A Princess, and by $4 million sire and NRHA hall of fame Shining Spark. Clinton Anderson saw her at Owens Quarter Horses as a two-year old and convinced Cristin Lockwood to buy her. Todd Crawford showed her to a fourth-place finish in the 2001 NRHA Open Futurity. Anderson purchased the mare and promoted her during her show and breeding careers.

DAVENPORT – The following full-time students, who achieved a GPA of 3.5 or higher, have been named to the St. Ambrose University dean’s list for the fall 2015 term: Robyn Kincaide of Greenfield Amanda Berryhill of Osceola Founded in 1882 by the Diocese of Davenport, St. Ambrose is a private, coeducational, comprehensive university with a firm grounding in the liberal arts, accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association. For more information about St. Ambrose, go to www.sau.edu.

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DMACC DES MOINES – Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) students from the Creston area have received scholarships from the DMACC Foundation for the spring semester.

The recipient included is Natalie Mostek of Creston in liberal arts with a $400 Holst No. 2 endowment.

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Holding the trophy won by Princess In Diamonds, from left, are Todd Crawford, Clinton Anderson, Cristin Lockwood and Gay Lynn Owens.

Her offspring currently have earnings of $702,590. Because of her positive influence on the sport of reining, Princess In Diamonds was nominated for induction into the highly regarded NRHA Hall of Fame.

“It was a wonderful reunion,” Gay Lynn Owens said. “ I’m a small breeder.

I don’t run a big operation, but I’ve been blessed to have had great mentors and good, quality horses in my life, and for that I’m thankful.”

following students recently graduated from Buena Vista University (BVU) from the BVU graduate and professional studies Creston location.

Courtney Wilson of Creston graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in criminology and criminal justice and human services.

Mackenzie Wise of Afton graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in business administration.

Buena Vista University was founded in 1891. BVU delivers 40 majors and 15 pre-professional programs that blend liberal arts with real-world experiences, preparing students for lifelong success, especially in the areas of elementary, secondary and special education; business and accounting and biological and chemical sciences. BVU stands behind its students and their degrees with TruePromise, which promises students will locate a meaningful internship, earn at least one major within four years and secure a job or entrance to graduate/professional school within six months of graduation. BVU is an affordable option for all students and, combined with its academic pro-

THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT UNION COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Hugh C. Kentch, Deceased Probate No. ESPR015769 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Hugh C. Kentch, Deceased, who died on or about November 28, 2015: You are hereby notified that on February 11, 2016, the last will and testament of Hugh C. Kentch, deceased, bearing date of June 5, 1990, was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Susan Gay Walker was appointed executor of the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred.

Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall file them with the clerk of the above named district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filed by the later to occur of four months from the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred.

Dated this 15th day of February, 2016.

Susan Gay Walker 1444 150th Street Creston, IA 50801 Executor of the Estate Todd G. Nielsen, ICIS PIN No: AT0005759 Attorney for the Executor Kenyon & Nielsen, P.C. 211 N. Maple Street Creston, IA 50801 Date of second publication: Feb. 24, 2016

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